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Tech Talk => Jet Pumps => Topic started by: povertyjet on January 02, 2009, 08:00:31 PM

Title: My new diverter got here today...
Post by: povertyjet on January 02, 2009, 08:00:31 PM: ...and thanks to alot of good input, I decided on the hydraulic unit. I called Tom @ JBP and like you guys told me, he did have the screaming deal and was a wealth of info as well...Thanks alot Tom.

Imagine my excitement when I saw the precious boxes sitting on my front porch!!
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So here is povertyjet itself, nothing fancy...12JC...455
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So I take everything out of the box and start to disassemble the old nozzle, thinking how smooth and easy this was going, when I noticed the first problem...my rudder was not going to fit the diverter...not a problem I will just have to get a Place rudder later.
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I was unscrewing the upper pin set-screw when I had my second problem, stanless bolt + aluminum + long time = siezed bolt = broken bolt head... After drilling 6 small holes around the old set screw to remove it, destroying the old nozzle in the process, the old nozzle and reverse gate is out.
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I then test fit the diverter (minus the cylinder) to check cable lengths and correct steering and reverse operation. Everything worked fine...when I notice my third problem. The new diverter is like a glistening piece of jewelery, and my old bowl and transom adapter looks like it was badly painted with house paint and a crappy brush...In fact my entire transom could look a whole lot better
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So I took off the transom adapter and am going to strip the paint from the bowl and the adapter and give them a fresh coat of white appliance epoxy.
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Next update will be the completion of the outside installation of the diverter and clean up of the transom.
Title: Re: My new diverter got here today...
Post by: GlassCutter on January 02, 2009, 08:09:51 PM: Problem 4 might be decent chance of rain tonight in SoCal ;)
Title: Re: My new diverter got here today...
Post by: FORKEDUP on January 02, 2009, 08:18:25 PM: congrats on the diverter and having the patience to stop and do it right. keep the pics coming ;D
Title: Re: My new diverter got here today...
Post by: propless on January 02, 2009, 08:33:30 PM: Oh yea this is how it all starts, I'm just going to change this one little part and I'll be happy. ::)

Be sure to post some pics when you cut the old floor out. :o >:D
Title: Re: My new diverter got here today...
Post by: povertyjet on January 02, 2009, 08:49:12 PM: You are sooo right Prop, I am just surprised (grateful) that more things did not go wrong today!!

Floor is probably coming out in a couple of weeks..I am not doing the work this time, but I will include pictures
Title: Re: My new diverter got here today...
Post by: beerjet on January 02, 2009, 09:31:36 PM: Just like your instructions say , at slow speed , point the diverter down and you wont need a rudder .

-beerjet-
Title: Re: My new diverter got here today...
Post by: povertyjet on January 02, 2009, 09:38:12 PM: That is NOT what the instructions say...
Title: Re: My new diverter got here today...
Post by: beerjet on January 02, 2009, 09:45:32 PM: The instructions dont say to point the diverter down in slow speed (no wake) situations ???
I could have sworn mine did :-\

-beerjet-
Title: Re: My new diverter got here today...
Post by: BOOST on January 02, 2009, 09:47:04 PM: Quote from: beerjet on January 02, 2009, 09:45:32 PM
The instructions dont say to point the diverter down in slow speed (no wake) situations ???
I could have sworn mine did :-\

-beerjet-
Who reads instructions
Title: Re: My new diverter got here today...
Post by: povertyjet on January 02, 2009, 09:53:08 PM: ithe one time I read instructions... they say..."For your strongest right or left turns in most cases your nozzle should be in a straight out position"
Title: Re: My new diverter got here today...
Post by: jet boat performance on January 08, 2009, 09:48:26 PM: My opinion here for what its worth.. put the trimn in the center , go out and hold the boat at a steady speed in a straight line and move the lever or switch up and down a bit .Get a "feel" for how it affects your boat in terms of ride , handling and speed . Then experiment and experiment some more ! Stop the boat . put the trim down and flat foot it (when safe) as you accelerate start with up trim and see how the boat reacts , NEVER try to turn the boat with full up trim! safley experiment some more Know your boat!!
Title: Re: My new diverter got here today...
Post by: povertyjet on January 26, 2009, 08:04:27 PM: ...So when I start to put on my diverter, I realize that my transom looks like crap. Since then I have removed everything from the outside of the transom, filled many holes and sanded it. Now I want to tape it off and paint it. Any suggestions about a good paint that I can shoot or roll?
Title: Re: My new diverter got here today...
Post by: kohensdad on February 03, 2009, 10:43:23 AM: Quote from: povertyjet on January 26, 2009, 08:04:27 PM
...So when I start to put on my diverter, I realize that my transom looks like crap. Since then I have removed everything from the outside of the transom, filled many holes and sanded it. Now I want to tape it off and paint it. Any suggestions about a good paint that I can shoot or roll?

AAHAHAHA!! It has begun...next it'll be "Geez my transom is so nice it doesn't match the rest of the BOAT!" Another project has started ;)
Title: Re: My new diverter got here today...
Post by: 2savage4you on February 03, 2009, 10:52:22 AM: Quote from: propless on January 02, 2009, 08:33:30 PM
Oh yea this is how it all starts, I'm just going to change this one little part and I'll be happy. ::)
Be sure to post some pics when you cut the old floor out. :o >:D

::) Sure sounds familiar ::)

looking good ;)
Title: Re: My new diverter got here today...
Post by: Legal Chemistry on February 04, 2009, 12:20:00 PM: Quote from: povertyjet on January 26, 2009, 08:04:27 PM
...So when I start to put on my diverter, I realize that my transom looks like crap. Since then I have removed everything from the outside of the transom, filled many holes and sanded it. Now I want to tape it off and paint it. Any suggestions about a good paint that I can shoot or roll?

you know your a jetboater when...

don't worry this boat won't be running by Summer (even though it is perfectly fine now). Oh yeah, another "great deal" will come by and that will be sitting your driveway as well... ;D
Title: Re: My new diverter got here today...update
Post by: povertyjet on March 15, 2009, 07:51:58 PM: working 7 days a week, but doing a little bit every night...modifications truely living up to my name

remember the transom looked like this?
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and this?
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and this??
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now the transom looks like this...
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and this...
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and this...
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I might just get this finished in time for summer...if I quit ripping shiet out of the boat NOW!!

poverty jet
Title: Re: My new diverter got here today...
Post by: povertyjet on April 30, 2009, 09:26:40 PM: So the mechanical part of the Kona remodel is done. Diverter, remote oil filter, complete re-wire, fuse panel, and engine compartment remodel...still would like a new distributor.

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next re-carpet the floor, and try and rebuild the crappy seats...
Title: Re: My new diverter got here today...
Post by: The Chaz on April 30, 2009, 09:35:32 PM: Looking good ;D
Title: Re: My new diverter got here today...
Post by: IRRebel on April 30, 2009, 09:44:05 PM: Looks Great PJ! Can't wait to see pics of it in the water.

Riddle me this tho, I want to see how you fill the hydraulic pump reservoir, lol. I been eyeballing mine, and I think it's getting nervous, but since the cylinder is leaking a bit, I know I'm gonna hafta sooner or later.

Ray
Title: Re: My new diverter got here today...
Post by: povertyjet on May 01, 2009, 06:35:55 AM: Quote from: IRRebel on April 30, 2009, 09:44:05 PM
Looks Great PJ! Can't wait to see pics of it in the water.

Riddle me this tho, I want to see how you fill the hydraulic pump reservoir, lol. I been eyeballing mine, and I think it's getting nervous, but since the cylinder is leaking a bit, I know I'm gonna hafta sooner or later.

Thanks Ray, take the plastic lid off the top of the pump. There's a little fill on top. You are probably going to have to take the pump off of the transom to get the lid off.

p-jet
Title: Re: My new diverter got here today...
Post by: riser39 on May 01, 2009, 01:49:32 PM: Poverty,
Your boat is looking great!!! I think every project i have ever started has begun with me explaining to my wife that it is only logical to do it because "it will only take a minute"! ;D
Title: Re: My new diverter got here today...
Post by: electrowoman on May 01, 2009, 03:45:04 PM: Hey poverty, Try the old, but honey I love you so much I don't want you stranded in a broken boat.
We need to change these parts to keep it reliable >:D

It didn't work on the Edelbrock heads though :sly: Had to work OT for them
Title: Re: My new diverter got here today...
Post by: povertyjet on May 01, 2009, 07:53:09 PM: Gentlemen, I am the luckiest guy in the world. When I get home my wife tells me "you got two hours to work on the boat before dinner is done, now get out there...oh and here's a beer"...seriously she really does. She always has. She is more of a gearhead than me.
Title: Re: My new diverter got here today...
Post by: ryanbrindle on May 01, 2009, 07:54:25 PM: Quote from: povertyjet on May 01, 2009, 07:53:09 PM
Gentlemen, I am the luckiest guy in the world. When I get home my wife tells me "you got two hours to work on the boat before dinner is done, now get out there...oh and here's a beer"...seriously she really does. She always has. She is more of a gearhead than me.

I could only wish for something like that!